Video: Obama supporters attempt to answer beauty pageant questions

posted at 9:21 pm on June 27, 2013 by Mary Katharine Ham

Enjoy a second schadenfreudy helping tonight as those who fancy themselves your intellectual betters because of their ideology prove to be rather Miss Utah-esque. Mind you, this is a lowered bar from the average “ask ____ about a current event relatively well understood in news junkie circles but about which the Jaywalking average Joe is woefully uninformed” gambit. And yet:

That’s Caleb Bonham for the Centennial Institute, which is holding the Western Conservative Summit in July in Scottsdale and Denver. Guy Benson and I are speaking there, though I’ll be Skyping in to be interviewed by Guy because the doc has cut me off of traveling for the last month of my pregnancy. It’s a great line-up!

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The first lady looked like a Peter Max fan, or maybe a refugee from an H.R. Pufnstuf revival con. Or else someone who pedals around in a human-powered vehicle demanding the abolition of the internal combustion engine.

The one who thought that “Research…maps- no good maps” was the reason 20% of Americans couldn’t find the U.S. on a world map was… unreal. Try Wikipedia, “Miss”.

As for the nearly incoherent guy(?) talking about women getting paid less, I have a hideous feeling he has at least a BA.

As for the jerk who now claims he regrets voting for The One, that’s like the old pilot’s saying;

The four most useless things in aviation are altitude above you, airspeed you don’t have, fuel you’ve already burned, and the emergency strip you passed half-an-hour ago.

this quote translated into English from an article in the Prague newspaper Prager Zeitungon:

The danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools, such as those who made him their president.

I don’t think any of the people in this video represent the ‘liberal elite’ that was apparently the intended target.

bayam on June 27, 2013 at 9:44 PM

Eh, every one of you leftists believe you’re part of the “elite” which is why you embrace socialism so readily. All leftists see themselves as a natural choice to be a member of the politburo, never a worker drone shuffling off to the broom factory 6 days a week.

Nice second rate visual effects, exactly how Hollywood liberals produced video in the 90′s. This guy might be qualified to clean Spielberg’s pool.

Almost missed this part, yet more proof that liberals really are for the little guy, because if a simple street video doesn’t have a $300 million production budget then it isn’t worth jack.

I once cruised past Spielberg’s yacht while it was parked in Ft. Lauderdale, it’s a monster. So how many poor people could have their first house if 1%’er Steve were to sell his mega-yacht and use the money to build starter homes?

I once cruised past Spielberg’s yacht while it was parked in Ft. Lauderdale, it’s a monster. So how many poor people could have their first house if 1%’er Steve were to sell his mega-yacht and use the money to build starter homes?

Bishop on June 27, 2013 at 10:05 PM

In a capitalist system, you can’t force individuals to dedicate all of their wealth to serving the public good, even if some, such as Gates and Buffet, have done so.

What you can do, however, is try to inform the public debate around tax rates on people in your 1% income bracket.

What you can do, however, is try to inform the public debate around tax rates on people in your 1% income bracket.

bayam on June 27, 2013 at 10:09 PM

Yeah, because the top 2% of earners paying 50% of the taxes is just so gosh darn unfair. I think you were also hooked by Bishop. I would recommend he throw you back, but I don’t want him polluting the lake.

You just don’t understand. Barack Obama is awesome, he rocks, he is a man-god, and a lightworker. Just look how he has liberated the Arab nations in north Africa and the Sahel. And soon we’ll all have FREE healthcare. Wait one second, my ObamaPhone is ringing……oh boy my ObamaDollahs MBT card has just been refilled. It’s champagne and lobster tomorrow! Let the good times roll. s/o

You’re right, I should take that back. He’s far superior to the little people featured in the segment, while his avante garde application of retro video production techniques further defines his brilliance.

Picking average people off the street and describing them as the ‘intellectual betters’ is both condescending and self-righteously hypocritical.

bayam on June 27, 2013 at 10:07 PM

Not even a half hour between posts. Nicely done.

rogerb on June 27, 2013 at 10:10 PM

You’re right, I should take that back. He’s far superior to the little people featured in the segment, while his avante garde application of retro video production techniques further defines his brilliance.

What you can do, however, is try to inform the public debate around tax rates on people in your 1% income bracket.

bayam on June 27, 2013 at 10:09 PM

Yeah, because the top 2% of earners paying 50% of the taxes is just so gosh darn unfair. I think you were also hooked by Bishop. I would recommend he throw you back, but I don’t want him polluting the lake.

NotCoach on June 27, 2013 at 10:13 PM

And in what context is 50% relevant? You could easily suggest that the economic class that controls 90% of wealth should pay more than 50% of taxes. It’s not my personal belief, but the shock value in the ’50%’ figure is non-existent

One of the biggest myths perpetuated by the right is that what happens at the bottom 20% of the wealth distribution graph is relevant to this country’s financial health. It isn’t.

I wonder, is it possible to suffer from Kool Aid poisoning? Lot’s of water in Kool Aid, and water poisoning is a real thing, so maybe. I think you should see a doctor. And being a Canadian perhaps reduce your Kool Aid intake while you wait 3 months for your appointment.

That’s not relevant. Picking average people off the street and describing them as the ‘intellectual betters’ is both condescending and self-righteously hypocritical.

And what’s the point… that only liberals describe beauty pageant contestants as generally stupid? I didn’t know that was an ideological issue.

bayam on June 27, 2013 at 10:07 PM

I guarantee that every single person in this video would tell you that they are rocket scientists compared to Sarah Palin and ChimpyBushMcHitler. These people consider themselves the epitome of human thought and that conservatives are moral and mental defectives.

It’s not that they are our “intellectual betters”, they just “think” they are with brains with barely the wattage to bring them in out of the rain.

The woman who was declared the “winner” for the second question actually responded in a way that indicates that she understood the question. Saying that “it’s very unfair and very sexist” that women get paid less than men was probably the expected answer in the real pageant. Whether or not you agree with her, that answer was at least responsive to the question.

(Her answer to the first question, that 20% of Americans can’t find the U.S. on a map because “they’re against us,” was just the opposite in that it made no sense whatsoever.)

That’s not relevant. Picking average people off the street and describing them as the ‘intellectual betters’ is both condescending and self-righteously hypocritical…

bayam on June 27, 2013 at 10:07 PM

I guarantee that every single person in this video would tell you that they are rocket scientists compared to Sarah Palin and ChimpyBushMcHitler. These people consider themselves the epitome of human thought and that conservatives are moral and mental defectives…

Lily on June 27, 2013 at 10:46 PM

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In other words, it’s undoubtedly true that the Fathers would see Palin and other Tea Partiers as boorish illiterates, relatively speaking…

bayam on January 16, 2011 at 4:37 PM

The Fathers would have no interest in carrying on a dialogue with someone as poorly educated and relatively ignorant as Sarah Palin…

Not in the least surprised that these quotes exist. Every liberal I have met is the same exact way. So sure of their own brilliance and the correctness of their beliefs that every one who doesn’t think the way to do is at best a moron and certainly full of evil intentions.

I can’t credibly refute the fact that my Party has abandoned the college graduate vote and can only win the High School Graduate and High School Dropout votes, so instead I will feebly attempt to hijack the thread.

Not in the least surprised that these quotes exist. Every liberal I have met is the same exact way. So sure of their own brilliance and the correctness of their beliefs that every one who doesn’t think the way to do is at best a moron and certainly full of evil intentions.

Lily on June 27, 2013 at 11:20 PM

same here.. knew a young lady who was a self discribed Marxist, and felt no shame at all in telling me, that the masses were little more than fodder to be expended at the pleasure of the ruling party’s elites..

of course, she considered herself one of those wannabe elites..

She couldn’t reconcile that if all republican conservatives were knuckle dragging cave dwellers who hate women and gays… why she found me a “nice” person..

confused her no end..

so she simply told me I was an outlier, and went back to hating the rest of my tribe… or something..

Committed liberals/progressives are the least self aware folks on the planet. Bamm Bamm is a textbook example. I know my IQ, and without giving it away, I know that most can’t keep up. The thing is, my opinion is of no greater weight than anyone’s here.. The factors like experience, wisdom, common sense,.. as well as education matter quite a bit, so I always learn something new when I come here, and aren’t ashamed to admit, there are a large, large number of folks that comment here who are much more thoughtful and wise than I’ll ever be..

I have yet to find a progressive who would make that admission..

They ALWAYS think they are the cream of the crop..

While I never went to college, I graduated with a 4.0 grade average, and in the top 5% in AF basic.. I read at a college level and have since the 5th grade..

and there are many here who still comment at a level way higher than anything I ever wrote. Being a snob just shuts down your ability to learn, and every self admitted liberal without exception in my experience, is a snob.

I can’t credibly refute the fact that my Party has abandoned the college graduate vote and can only win the High School Graduate and High School Dropout votes, so instead I will feebly attempt to hijack the thread.

bayam on June 27, 2013 at 9:44 PM

Edited for Accuracy.

Del Dolemonte on June 27, 2013 at 11:42 PM

Masterfully done…

The fact is, the democrat base, IS the stupid vote, when they garner almost all the high school drop outs and pampered kids living off mom and dad.. the reason schools have used their ever growing budgets to dumb down education becomes clear..

When they stopped teaching basics like geography and civics, American History minus the PC crap.. individual states history..

My sis in law, her social studies project was to find social relevance in the Lion King… not kidding..

But she can’t spell a lick.. can’t do basic math, and doesn’t know ANYTHING about our states history or when the Civil War was fought..

But go ahead and ask her about the big lessons in Disney films..

You just feel sick inside..

I read every book in the Junior High, and High School libraries on the History of WW II.. all of them.. on my own, because I wanted too. Now, kids can’t even name the years it was fought in, or the major combatants..

just like Bayam and his party like young voters, clueless “feel good” addicts who will believe anything if they say it often enough..

Committed liberals/progressives are the least self aware folks on the planet. Bamm Bamm is a textbook example. I know my IQ, and without giving it away, I know that most can’t keep up. The thing is, my opinion is of no greater weight than anyone’s here.. The factors like experience, wisdom, common sense,.. as well as education matter quite a bit, so I always learn something new when I come here, and aren’t ashamed to admit, there are a large, large number of folks that comment here who are much more thoughtful and wise than I’ll ever be..

I have yet to find a progressive who would make that admission..

They ALWAYS think they are the cream of the crop..

mark81150 on June 27, 2013 at 11:49 PM

That’s exactly why leftists are so irony-challenged. They can’t even tell when they contradict themselves, because there was no thought that went into their opinion besides, “how does it make me sound?”

I understand the intent is to disparage Obama supporters, but we all know the tragic truth: ignorance in America today spans the length and breadth of the political spectrum. Idiocy seems to be the true equal-opportunity plague of the nation.

Never have more people known so little about the simplest facts of their own existence.

The fact is, the democrat base, IS the stupid vote, when they garner almost all the high school drop outs and pampered kids living off mom and dad.. the reason schools have used their ever growing budgets to dumb down education becomes clear..

When they stopped teaching basics like geography and civics, American History minus the PC crap.. individual states history..

My sis in law, her social studies project was to find social relevance in the Lion King… not kidding..

It’s true that kids these days are not taught basic geography, and tend to trust what they see on computers more than their own common sense, which isn’t so common any more.

A few weeks ago, I was visiting NYC with friends and their teenage daughters, who wanted to walk from the World Trade Center memorial to Chinatown. I knew (from a paper map) that Chinatown was north and east of the WTC site, and since it was late afternoon, I knew that if I faced the setting sun, north would be to my right. The girls’ GPS on their iPhone was disoriented by the tall buildings interfering with the satellite signal, and they started walking south, blindly following the GPS. They would have ended up in Battery Park (and further from Chinatown) if I had not insisted on old-fashioned compass reckoning I learned in Boy Scouts in the late 1960′s.

Don’t we live in a super-sophisticated world, where machines tell us where to go, and teenagers can’t tell north from south? Even the Scouts won’t teach them that these days, but ain’t it great to be gay?

The woman who was declared the “winner” for the second question actually responded in a way that indicates that she understood the question.

J.S.K. on June 27, 2013 at 10:49 PM

I think it shows she understood it well enough to parrot the appropriate words and phrases she has been trained to regurgitate. Her eyes were glazed over until she realized she had this response stored away in her memory somewhere, then she delivers it and the relief on her face is obvious and where is her pellet?